Happy Easter everyone. Enjoy the long weekend. :-)
Louise
www.eastwest-health.co.uk
Sunday 12 April 2009
Monday 6 April 2009
Yes to Life
YES TO LIFE is a new charitable initiative to open up a positive future for people with cancer in the UK by supporting an integrated* approach to cancer care.
Through our HELP CENTRE we provide support in obtaining complementary and alternative cancer treatments and consultations.
Through LIFE> our interactive Web Directory, and our Help Centre, we supply information on treatments, practitioners, clinics & suppliers.
Opening up Alternatives for people living with Cancer
A New Approach to Breast Cancer
“More and more women are spending their own money on complementary therapies to help them fight the disease, reports Barbara Lantin
“Dr Jane Maher, a consultant oncologist at Mount Vernon Cancer Centre in Middlesex and medical adviser to Macmillan, says: “Most oncologists recognise that complementary therapies bring benefits to patients. We are not talking about a cure, but about quality of life.
“There is also some evidence that complementary therapies can help with the side-effects of treatment. A small trial at the Linda Jackson Macmillan Centre at Mount Vernon Hospital found that both traditional and ear acupuncture reduced the hot flushes caused by Tamoxifen, and improved sleep, memory, concentration and general wellbeing.
“Acupuncture can also relieve nausea from chemotherapy, while homoeopathy may help with fatigue from radiotherapy. Meanwhile, aromatherapy, reflexology, visualisation and relaxation techniques may reduce anxiety caused by the illness and treatment.
“Some therapies are proving very worthwhile, and I am strongly in favour of them being offered free to patients, but we fund them through a charity,” says Tim Bucknall, a consultant breast surgeon at Queen’s Hospital in Burton on Trent, whose unit offers acupuncture, homoeopathy, reflexology and aromatherapy.”
For full article see: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/alternativemedicine/3325208/A-new-approach-to-breast-cancer.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ 24 Oct 2005
Louise
http://www.eastwest-health.co.uk/
“Dr Jane Maher, a consultant oncologist at Mount Vernon Cancer Centre in Middlesex and medical adviser to Macmillan, says: “Most oncologists recognise that complementary therapies bring benefits to patients. We are not talking about a cure, but about quality of life.
“There is also some evidence that complementary therapies can help with the side-effects of treatment. A small trial at the Linda Jackson Macmillan Centre at Mount Vernon Hospital found that both traditional and ear acupuncture reduced the hot flushes caused by Tamoxifen, and improved sleep, memory, concentration and general wellbeing.
“Acupuncture can also relieve nausea from chemotherapy, while homoeopathy may help with fatigue from radiotherapy. Meanwhile, aromatherapy, reflexology, visualisation and relaxation techniques may reduce anxiety caused by the illness and treatment.
“Some therapies are proving very worthwhile, and I am strongly in favour of them being offered free to patients, but we fund them through a charity,” says Tim Bucknall, a consultant breast surgeon at Queen’s Hospital in Burton on Trent, whose unit offers acupuncture, homoeopathy, reflexology and aromatherapy.”
For full article see: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/alternativemedicine/3325208/A-new-approach-to-breast-cancer.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ 24 Oct 2005
Louise
http://www.eastwest-health.co.uk/
St Giles Day Hospice Acupuncture Project
"Louise Hughes, a traditional acupuncturist, who works at Queen’s Hospital, Burton, as well as in private practice, is working with the day Hospice on an exercise to look at the possibility of using Chinese acupuncture to help with certain symptoms. Patients have completed questionnaires, identifying those symptoms which bother them most and then, on a one-to-one with Louise, a treatment plan has been devised as part of this exercise. A pilot study is proposed to follow on from this exercise."
In the Know (St Giles Hospice Newsletter) Issue No.5 January 2009
Louise
http://www.eastwest-health.co.uk/
In the Know (St Giles Hospice Newsletter) Issue No.5 January 2009
Louise
http://www.eastwest-health.co.uk/
Welcome!
Phew! I’ve just finished updating the website. Have a look at www.eastwest-health.co.uk and tell me what you think.
Louise
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